paragliding in the news this morning who ?

Post by **gary stenhouse** » Tue May 18, 2010 6:42 am

on the news this morning there was news of a pg pilot rescued in the lakes near cockermouth. it sounds that he landed in a beck after a colapse and manged to crawl out and then was recued and airlifted.

cheers gary

Post by **gary stenhouse** » Tue May 18, 2010 12:26 pm

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/parag ... rPath=home

lanceg · Post by **lanceg** » Wed May 19, 2010 9:04 am

You may have seen or heard of the accident at Swinside from networking, newspaper, TV, Radio news.

At about 4pm on Monday 17th May, Dave crashed into a barbed wire fence which torn open his harness air bag then he fell 10' onto his backside on to the stony bottom of Hope Beck.
He has a broken pelvis and internal injuries.

Rick Livingstone and I visited Dave (and wife June) in hospital at Carlisle Tuesday evening. Rick and June said Dave looked a lot better than he did 24 hours earlier when he arrived in the air ambulance. He will be transferred as soon as possible to Sunderland hospital for surgery (probably Wednesday 19th).

Dave wishes to thank all concerned in getting him to safety and for wishing him well. He hopes to make contact with you personally as soon as possible but in the meantime, I will pass on your regards and help provide you with as much information as possible.

You can post here, email me via this forum or telephone/text 07770 808497.

Jim Bittlestone · Post by **Jim Bittlestone** » Wed May 19, 2010 9:24 am

Best wishes Dave, I hope you have a speedy recovery.
Take care mate
Cheers
Jim

Post by **colin keightley** » Wed May 19, 2010 10:10 am

I have edited out surnames for obvious reasons I dont know about anyone else but the papers have already contacted me looking for information, as far as im concerned a paraglider has crashed what more info do they need.

Post by **gary stenhouse** » Wed May 19, 2010 10:14 am

give him my best wishes and speedy recovery, would like to visit when he is up for it but i was not ready for the first week

cheers gary

brian day · Post by **brian day** » Wed May 19, 2010 10:20 am

All the best Dave, make sure they don't take the laugh out when they operate!
Hope to see you up and about again soon.
cheers,
Brian

lanceg · Post by **lanceg** » Wed May 19, 2010 12:58 pm

Thanks for that Colin - good thinking - the Newcastle Journal has been on to me this morning asking for personal information - fortunately you had removed the surname in time.

Post by **colin keightley** » Wed May 19, 2010 1:00 pm

I must look really insensitive forgot that people cant see that ive offered my best wishes in the private section,

get well soon Dave

John Wallis · Post by **John Wallis** » Wed May 19, 2010 1:02 pm

Best wishes Dave I'm sure the nurses will be enjoying your humour and laughter get well soon bonnie lad.

jill mcgeachie · Post by **jill mcgeachie** » Wed May 19, 2010 1:15 pm

All the very best from Stuart and I Dave, lets hope we all see you back out on the hill really soon. xx

Kay · Post by **Kay** » Wed May 19, 2010 2:24 pm

Hey Dave..Hope things don't hurt tooooo much

Hurry up and get back in the air soon, its my tern to buy the 99's remember

Lots of Love & Best Wishes Kay & Paul

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Wed May 19, 2010 3:30 pm

Bit bemused here as to what the problem is with having a surname?!..and keeping it our for obvious reasons????? What obvious reasons? So persoanlly i dont know which Dave it is!!! But hope he gets well again soon
Mike

Post by **gary stenhouse** » Wed May 19, 2010 4:38 pm

i do beleive that they do have his name as i was called and asked if mr x was a member of are club. i did say i was not sure as i know he was and that he may be a member of the cumbrian. he did ask about him by name so i think it is no secret, as like when i had my accident it went round the whole world on pg forum. this did upset some and the odd comment upset me at the time but on the whole i feel it was no problem and just maybe we all learn something about otheres accidents though probably not.

GlennP · Post by **GlennP** » Wed May 19, 2010 7:37 pm

Hope Dave gets well soon.

My best advice for dealing with the media is.....Don't!

If you are not PR trained you can make a real fool of yourself and others.

Brian Nellist · Post by **Brian Nellist** » Wed May 19, 2010 8:38 pm

Speedy recovery "Hope to here your laugh soon"

lanceg · Post by **lanceg** » Wed May 19, 2010 8:38 pm

Dave has been transferred to Sunderland this evening.
Although his mobile should be working now the hospital ward may not allow mobiles. So I will keep adding the info until Dave can do it for himself.

Post by **gary stenhouse** » Wed May 19, 2010 8:43 pm

what i am surprised at is how he got my mobile number and the office nomber, is it through the club contact but i never give out the office on here. i tried to sell him my story but he did not seem interested.

still surprised in the media interest unless its about the age thing and the inspiration of some of the older pilots in the sport. i do think it surprises people about flying as they think we are some kind of nutcases yet its far from the truth. and even at my age they say are you a not a bit old for this sort of thing.

i still think in the right context the pilots that do these sports should be of inspiration as even with big injuries we come back and do it again, not like a lot of the whimps out there who break a toe nail and cant work again.

cheers gary

Chris L · Post by **Chris L** » Wed May 19, 2010 10:59 pm

Dave, are you and Lance trying to practice first hand what we learnt on the first aid course 2 weeks ago

Get yourself recovered and back to fitness. We'll miss you out on the hill so we want you back out there.
Let us know when you are taking visitors
Take it easy, I'm sure you'll keep the nurses entertained.

Post by **colin keightley** » Thu May 20, 2010 7:15 am

Gary your email in the contacts is stenhouse flooring it doesnt take a genius come on

GlennP · Post by **GlennP** » Thu May 20, 2010 8:27 am

What a poor bugger Dave is!

First he has the accident and has to be airlifted.

Then the NHS send him to Sunderland with the Macams!

Let's hope he gets well soon.

I hope that reporter had plenty of free mobile minutes when he called you Gary.

I bet by the end of the conversation he'd bought a Bailey and a new wing.

Jim Bittlestone · Post by **Jim Bittlestone** » Thu May 20, 2010 8:57 am

and a flat battery!

lanceg · Post by **lanceg** » Fri May 21, 2010 5:05 pm

Text received from Dave about 4:30pm today

Brilliant! In the theatre 9.00, out at 13.30. That happy juice is great %-)

Visiting: June has asked folk to hang on for a while but I suspect Dave may have other ideas

I hope to see him tomorrow afternoon - so watch this space.

Post by **gary stenhouse** » Fri May 21, 2010 7:50 pm

yep he texted me and i give him a buzz back and it was great hear his laugh, i am sure the morphine was helping. but i must say he sounded in great spitits

cheers gary

lanceg · Post by **lanceg** » Mon May 24, 2010 12:19 pm

Dave's op went better than expected - not an 'open book' fracture as indicated by initial consultant.
June is happy for folk to call or text Dave and visit from Wednesday onwards.

He's now in a general ward D43 Royal Sunderland visiting 2-5pm and 6-8pm.
The number of visitors may be restricted so beware of Dave selling bedside tickets to everyone.

ron freeman · Post by **ron freeman** » Mon May 24, 2010 1:51 pm

Lots of information here for the press, should this not be in the private section....

Post by **gary stenhouse** » Tue May 25, 2010 10:05 pm

went in to see dave tonight and must say he was looking better than ever and in very good humour, i think he is more than happy to see others if you have any spare time

cheers gary

NHPC Private and Public Forum

paragliding in the news this morning who ?

paragliding in the news this morning who ?

Accident at Swinside Monday 17th May

delaing with the media

Dave

Too much information